Central African Republic
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United Nations Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland warned last month that the crises in Darfur, Chad, and Central African Republic (CAR) are intimately linked and could lead to a dangerous regional crisis. What are the factors behind the rebellions within CAR and Chad, and what is their relationship to the Darfur conflict?
Recently, internal conflicts stemming from past and present realities and spillover of political unrest and violence from neighboring countries have given the Central African Republic, one of the least known countries in Africa, more prominence on the international map. Read more about this troubled region.
Latest from USIP on Central African Republic
- December 9, 2011 | Publication
Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson tells a USIP audience at an event in December about the deployment of American military forces to Uganda to pursue the Josephy Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army.
- November 4, 2010 | Publication
This peace brief describes the security challenges facing eastern Chad and the pending withdrawal of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad.
- March 18, 2009 | Event
This event featured two recent recipients of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, one based in Sudan and one in Chad, who shared their firsthand views on how a regional approach can help address the region's problems.
- September 1, 2007 | Publication
Recently, internal conflicts stemming from past and present realities and spillover of political unrest and violence from neighboring countries have given the Central African Republic, one of the least known countries in Africa, more prominence on the international map. Read more about this troubled region.